NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT videocard review
GeForce 9500 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 29 July 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $85.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G96C.
Core clock speed - 1400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 89.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 314 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 / 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2).
Benchmarks
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| PassMark G2D Mark |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 172 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 32 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 0.612 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 56.838 Frames/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 1505 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 1505.000 Fps |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla |
| Code name | G96C |
| Launch date | 29 July 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $85.99 |
| Place in performance rating | 1666 |
| Price now | $85.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 4.13 |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C |
| Pipelines | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 8.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 314 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 6.875" (17.5 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 256 / 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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